Detection of the chytrid fungus, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, on recently metamorphosed amphibians in the North-Central United States

Herpetological Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-175

  Sadinski, Walt ^a   Roth, Mark ^a   Treleven, Sara ^a   Theyerl, Jake ^a   Dummer, Paul ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 77954936164     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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